33: Foreman - Master and Victim of Doubletalk (Part 1)

Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 6:03 p.m.

b'Please join us as we open Season 4 with a discussion about Fritz J. Roethlisberger\\u2019s classic Harvard Business Review article \\u201cThe FOREMAN: Master and Victim of Double Talk.\\u201d Written in 1945, the article details the challenges that industry foremen faced under intense pressures to perform despite significant technological and social changes that whittled away at their autonomy. The result? Increasing dissatisfaction, insecurity, and a reliance on \\u2018double talk\\u2019 \\u2013 talking out of both sides of the mouth to keep supervisors appeased while paying less attention to the employees circumstances. An article that is relevant to this day!'